Talk:President of South Africa

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The current South African regime is clearly Communist-inspired. The ANC has always been supported by the international communist organizations as well as by all Communist countries in the world! The ANC itself has always supported international marxism! Denying the communist inspirations of the current SA Constitution is impossible! Therefor, this article can no longer be considered "neutral" according to the Wikipedia Rules.

Unless you substantiate your wild claims, your assertion is meaningless and the NPOV dispute invalid. dewet|™ 16:54, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

the current south african constitution was created by the government of national unity, in which not only the anc was represented.overmore, the cold war is over and the anc does not implement a communist policy. and this claims do not belong to the discussion of this article but- if- to the one about the sa constitution.--Severino 14:06, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

but actually i wanted to say something completely different: the article says nothing about how many terms (periods) a president in south africa (under the 1996/97 constitution) may serve! i read somewhere that its 2 terms; under this assumption mbeki couldnt candidate in 2009.maybe somebody with some competence can clear this. --Severino 14:06, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that is how I understood it as well; some of the headlines with the 2004 elections were exactly that: "Will Mbeki change the constitution to enable him to run for a third term?" So, searching on polity.org.za, I found it in §5, section 88 (Term of office of President)[1]:

88. (1) The President's term of office begins on assuming office and ends upon a vacancy occurring or when the person next elected President assumes office.

(2) No person may hold office as President for more than two terms, but when a person is elected to fill a vacancy in the office of President, the period between that election and the next election of a President is not regarded as a term.

So, I guess that answers the question ;) dewet|™ 14:19, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

thx, de wet! --Severino 16:28, 21 March 2006 (UTC)